Valvular arrangement in apparatus for raising water



A. NICOL. v r DEVICE FOR RAISING WATER.

No. 17,338. Patented May 19, 1857. J

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW NICOL, OF GARBONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

VALVULAR ARRANGEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17,338, dated May 19, 1857.

To aZZ wit-07ft it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW NIooL, ofCarbondale, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Device for Raising Water; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part ofthis specification, said drawing being a vertical section of myimprovement.

This invention relates to an improved device for raising water, wherebywater may be raised by atmospheric pressure above feet or the point atwhich its weight is balanced by the pressure of the atmosphere.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, A, B, B, represent four chambers or vessels, the chambers B, B, beingplaced above the chambers A, A.

0, represents a vertical tube, to the upper part of which the horizontaltubes (at) (b) are attached, the tube (a) communicating with the chamberB, and the tube (6) communicating with the chamber B. The inner ends ofthe tubes (a) (b) at their junction with the tube C are provided withvalves (0) (d) which open outward from the tube C. T o the lower end ofthe tube C two tubes (e) (f) are attached; the tube (6) communicatingwith the chamber A, and the tube (f) communicating with the chamber A.In the lower end of the tube (a) a valve (g) is placed, and a valve(72.) is placed in the lower end of the tube (f) said valves openingupward.

On the upper part of each chamber or vessel a chest is placed, the chestcommunicating with the vessels, and are tubes which communicate with thechests (i), the tubes being connected to the suction pipe, D, thesuction being produced in said pipe by a pump or by any proper means.

E is a pipe which has two tube (70) (Z) attached to its upper end. Oneof these tubes communicates with the lower part of the chamber or vesselA, and the other tube (Z) communicates with the lower part of thechamber or vessel A. The ends of the tubes (73) (Z) at their junctionwith the pipe E are provided with valves said valves opening outwardfrom the pipe E.

F, G, represent rods which are attached to the ends of the chambers A,A, B, B, one rod to each two or pair of chambers. Those rods are allowedto slide or work up and down and their upper ends are 0011- nected bycranks (0) (0) on a shaft H, the cranks being placed in reversepositions 011 said shaft. To each rod F, Gr, two-arms (p) (p) areattached, these arms have valves (9) at their ends, a valve beingattached to each arm. The valves work in conical seats on the chests (i)and each valve has a stem (t) attached which, when the valves areclosed, actuate levers (Z) and open valves (a) which cover the orificesof the tubes The operation is as follows: A vacuum or suction isproduced in the pipe D by any proper means, and a rotary motion is given,the shaft H. The two rods F, G, have an opposite reciprocating motiongiven them by the reverse cranks (0), (0) so that when the valves of thetwo chambers A, B, are open, the two opposite ones are closed and viceversa. V hen the valves of the chambers A, B, are closed, as shown inthe drawing, a vacuum is produced in the chamber A, and the water passesup the pipe E and enters through valve (Z) and fills chamber A whilethis chamber is being filled the valve (Q) of the chamber A is open, andthe water in said chamber which was drawn into it previously to thefilling of chamber A, is forced up by the pressure of the atmospherethrough the valve (9) into the tube (6), and through the valve ((Z) intothe chamber B, the valve (g) of chamber B closing as the valve (9) r ofchamber A opens. lVhile the water is being forced from chamber A intochamber B, a vacuum is produced in chamber A, and said chamber is beingfilled with water while the water in A is being forced from it. W'henthe valves (q) are open, the orifices of the pipes (j) are closed by thevalves (u), the levers (I?) having weights (1)) at their ends, saidweights keeping the valves closed when the stems (t) are raised from thelevers. As the valves (g) of the upper chambers B, B, open, the water isforced out through openings (m), which are closed when the water isforced into said chambers by gates (y) attached to the rods F, G

The object in having two pairs of chambers A, B, and A, B, is that acontinuous stream or a constant supply of water is carried or forcedupward. If the chambers A, B, were only used an intermittent streamwould be forced from the chamber B. The lower chambers should be 28 or30 feet above the reservoir of Water, and the upper chamber should bethe same distance above the lower ones.

By this device it will be seen that water may be elevated any heightsolely by atmospheric pressure and the invention will prove highlyvaluable for elevating water from mines, and in all cases where water iselevated from great depths. At present the pumping of Water from minesis attended with a vast deal of expense, the devices employed being notonly eiipensive as regards their first cost added to that of the expenseof repairs, but the cost of the power necessary to keep the devices inoperation is also great.

My improvement is very simple, may be constructed at a comparativelysmall cost, and the suction may be produced in the pipe I) by merelyhaving steam pass through a pipe connected at its upper end, the steampipe leading direct from a steam boiler. In the latter case no pumpwould be required for producing a suction in the. pipe I).

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The rods F, G, provided with the valves, ((1) (q) and operated as shownin combination with the chambers or vessels A, A, B, B, suction pipe D,and branch pipes (j) and the tubes C, (a) (b) (e) provided with thevalves (6) (d) (g) (h) the whole being arranged as described for thepurpose specified.

' ANDRElV NICOL. Vitnesses:

JOHN LYNN, VILLIAM R001

